A method is provided for ornamenting a container, a mandrel, drum, apparatus used for the method, in which the number of manufacturing processes and the manufacturing cost are reduced, and scratches are prevented in the inner and outer surface of the container. The ornamenting method of a container includes a process to perform underprinting, a process to perform outer surface printing, and a process to perform embossing on the surface of the container held by a holder in a manufacturing line. It is preferable that the outer surface printing process and the embossing process are simultaneously or successively performed.